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William J. Riley Sr. (October 7, 1920 [1] – December 15, 2006) was an American entertainer known as "Mr. State Fair" in Iowa. Riley was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa.His father died when he was 18 months old, and Bill and his brother were raised by their mother through the Great Depression.
During his tenure in state government Reichardt sponsored the bill to resume an annual Iowa – Iowa State football game. In 1994, Reichardt was a Democratic candidate for governor during the primary elections and in 1999 he circulated a petition to become a mayoral candidate for the City of Des Moines, but did not pursue the position.
Dahl's Foods – Des Moines, Iowa-based chain; acquired by Associated Wholesale Grocers after bankruptcy and rebranded as Price Chopper and Cash Saver in 2015 [113] Delchamps; Dick's Supermarket – Southwestern Wisconsin; acquired by Piggly Wiggly in 2006
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The first newspaper in Des Moines was the Iowa Star. In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon River. [3] In 1854, The Star became the Iowa Statesman which was also a Democratic paper. In 1857, The Statesman became the Iowa State Journal, which published three times per ...
Harps Food Stores was founded by Harvard and Floy Harp in 1930. [5] In 2001, Harps became employee-owned after buying company shares from the Harp family. The stores are supplied by Kansas City, Kansas-based Associated Wholesale Grocers. [6] The company is valued around $550 million, and employed 5,300 people as of 2020. [7]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Abraham Harry Blank (July 27, 1879 – August 14, 1971) was an American businessman and theater owner who was a major philanthropist in Des Moines, Iowa. The Blank Park Zoo is named for his family. [1] Blank was born in Galați, Romania, the son of Israel "Isadore" and Miriam (née Greenberg or Greenblatt) Blank. [2]